Ansible: Production Configuration Management

Write, review, and architect Ansible automation - from single playbooks to multi-tier, compliance-hardened infrastructure management. The goal is idempotent, auditable, maintainable automation that works the same locally and in CI/CD.

Target versions: see references/versions.md (verified per the receipt date in that file). Do not restate version numbers here.

This skill covers four domains depending on context:

• Playbooks - tasks, handlers, variables, conditions, loops, blocks, templates, Jinja2
• Roles & Collections - role structure, collection packaging, Galaxy/Automation Hub, Molecule testing
• Operations - inventory, Execution Environments, CI/CD integration, Vault, ansible-navigator
• Compliance - PCI-DSS 4.0 hardening, CIS benchmarks, Ansible-Lockdown, audit logging

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